Vocabulary
the act of abolishing of slavery
abolition
-in 1852, published Uncle Tom’s Cabin- which greatly stirred up the slavery controversy by its unfavorable depictions of slave life.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
-Supreme Court Chief Justice
-Took on the Dredd Scott case hoping to bring unity and peace.
Roger Taney
-no black man could ever be a citizen of the United States.
-the Declaration of Independence mentions that “All men are created equal” but that does not apply to blacks
-slaves were property, and the Constitution protects a man’s property
-anywhere a man takes a slave, he was still a slave
Dred Scott decision
-made a claim that since his former master had brought him to live for extended period at a military post in a free territory, he was a free man.
Dred Scott
-an evil other than a moral evil or sin
material evil
she was one of the “conductors” on the Underground Railroad- a system whereby escaping slaves were given guidance and refuge in their fight to freedom
Harriet Tubman
-tried to start a slave rebellion with his sons in Harpers Ferry, Va.
-Ended up tried for treason, found guilty and hung.
John Brown
-would be organized without regarding slavery at all
-those who moved to the territory would exercise popular sovereignty over the slave question- the settlers would decide on having slaves or not.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
debated Stephen A. Douglas in the Senate race for Illinois in 1858 and lost.
Abraham Lincoln
the power slave owners held both in government and society
-established a printing press in Alton, Illinois to publish anti slavery articles
-Major general of Fort Sumter
Roger Anderson
Two different candidates were formed for the Democrat party
-Stephen Douglas (anti-slavery)
-John C. Breckinridge (pro-slavery)
Election of 1860
called “The Little Giant” for his small stature, mighty political power
Stephen Douglas
in law, a formal accusation of wrong doing
indictment
-a slave in New York until the state abolished slavery-called herself Sojourner Truth and wandered from place to place preaching against the evils of slavery- she claimed God told her to
Isabella Baumfree
- came up with a compromise in 1850, that would satisfy each side
Henry Clay
California would be admitted as a free state
-slave owners would be allowed to settle in the territories of New Mexico and Utah
Compromise of 1850
settlers would decide for themselves whether a territory would admit slavery or not
popular sovereignty
permission
sanction
-He favored a railroad that would begin in New Orleans, run through Texas and New Mexico and on into California
Jefferson Davis
Ran as Republican in the new formed party in 1854
John Fremont
October 16, 1859
John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry
was a gradualist- he thought slavery should be abolished, but only slowly over time-and emancipated slaves should settle somewhere outside the U.S.
Benjamin Lundy